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12 MAY Stand fast in the battle ‘And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.… And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and toContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

May 11th You won’t reach it on tiptoe Add to your brotherliness … love. 2 Peter 1:7. Love is indefinite to most of us, we do not know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the sovereign preference of one person for another, and spiritually Jesus demands that that preference be forContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

May 11 “We went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.” (Psa. 66:12) PARADOXICAL though it be, only that man is at rest who attains it through conflict. This peace, born of conflict, is not like the deadly hush preceding the tempest, but the serene and pure-aired quietContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

11 MAY Seeds of perpetual warfare ‘And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.’ Genesis 3:15SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Peter 1:3–12 The name of Christ includes both head and members in one mystical body (1Continue reading “365 days with Newton”

May 10th Take the initiative Add to your faith virtue … (“Furnish your faith with resolution.”) (MOFFATT) 2 Peter 1:5. “Add” means there is something we have to do. We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do. We cannot saveContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”